![]() That was basically the mood of everyone in the classroom. “Why should we care what the Bible said?” one student asked. Students shifting nervously in their seats. At this point, the professor and the students were still simpatico.Īnd then she mentioned, in a sympathetic sense, the Book of Genesis. Are there perhaps other ways to think of nature? she urged us. The young professor had asked us to think about how different cultures and religions had viewed the natural world in the past. That’s the word that perfectly summed up the feeling of my fellow biochemistry students after a particularly tense lecture. New moons rise at sunrise & set at sunset, but the lit side faces the Sun and not us. Asking partners to shift the locus of control of the relationship to this space rather than their individual frames of reference is the fundamental shift allowing them to cooperate with each other’s unconscious agenda of healing childhood wounds and reclaiming and expanding their original essence confluently, rather than out of reactivity and adaptions to rupture and pain.įor more information contact Dr.Full Moons rise at sunset & set at sunrise. The sacred space in between is where couples can share, process and connect. The Couples Dialogue is paramount to intentionality which is a major touchstone on the journey to a conscious relationship. ![]() ![]() Underscoring, that what is contributed to the space in between strongly influences the tonality, intimacy and energy of the relationship. This summons the couple toward intentionality, and consciousness by reflecting on and being aware of how they contribute to the space in between. It asks each partner to become more intentional about how they send to and receive communication from each other. Imago Relationship Therapy invites couples to stay in connection through safety that is tethered by the Couples Dialogue shifting the energy to the space in between which is a co-creation of each partner. Thus, a sense of aliveness flowing from a balanced sense of pulsation is co-created for each partner. The underlying postulates of Imago Relationship Therapy pivot on the assumption that the purpose of adult love relationships is to provide an opportunity to repair the wounds and ruptures mitigated by a character structure based on defensive adaptations to a sense of a self integrated in attunement and validation. Moving away from the self and ego shifts the focus to the connection that occurs in the adult love relationship. However, Imago shifts the focus to the relationship as the foundation of where healing, growth and expansion of the self can occur. This work was further developed by object relationship and attachment theory. The next wave of thinking was more about interpersonal constructs typified by Neo-Freudians such as Adler, Sullivan and Horney. Historically, beginning with the Freudian movement the focus was on intra-psychic constructs and dynamics. It deepens the communication and transforms it from reactivity to vulnerable and authentic communication. This minimizes reactivity and moves neuro-energy to the higher functions of the brain. Instead, it stipulates that the therapist become a facilitator to help each partner cooperate in holding the others’ reality and making sense of their partners’ reality from their partners’ point of view. In short, Imago is a Relational Paradigm and the individual is a variable.įocusing on the energy in the space in between and how to cultivate safety promoting connectivity based on validation and empathy is a profound shift asking the therapist not to be the judge or the referee stuck in the content or communication style. Thus, the relationship becomes primary, calling each partner to intentionality and shifting them away from their own sense of self to the expanse of the relationship. It shifts the energy of the clinical interventions from the perspective of the individual to the co-creation of the space in between the partners. ![]() The Paradigm Shift of Imago Relationship Therapy is a critical determinate differentiating Imago from other schools of Relationship Therapy.
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